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Evelyne Flora Latabu shaking a bowl of grains.
The Ugandan diet: food voices and choices
… their crops from pests, diseases and increasingly unpredictable climate hazards such as droughts and heavy rains. They show fluctuations … I would like to transfer my knowledge to as many people in my community as possible.” Hellen Sally Akumu , 28, is a farmer and diet … and knowledge and training on how to improve farming, could make a change for the better. Emericana Lamwaka is a 47-year-old farmer from …
Insight, 24 October 2019
The field team designing a REDD strategy talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their field research in Meceburi Forest Reserve, Mozambique .Photo by Mike Goldwater
Inclusive environmental investments
… commitments at an international level for mitigating and adapting to climate change . One of the best-known climate change mitigation mechanisms … on payments for environmental services and previous work on company-community partnerships. In looking at how to make REDD+ processes more …
Project, 07 September 2013
A farmer in the Potato Park, Peru (Photo: Adam Kerby)
A marriage to save the earth: Farmers and researchers innovate to conserve biodiversity
… changes to how they live and farm in order to adapt to a changing climate. They have innovated to survive, changing the ways they support … The Potato Park communities have also developed a number of community enterprises with external researchers to generate income, … and science bring to the partnership, and to continue to adapt and change with the times. More details Smallholder Innovation for …
Insight, 07 October 2014
The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)
'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
… managing traditional landscapes and strengthening local economies, based on indigenous knowledge and customary laws. The 15-minute film … project is working with traditional farmers in areas vulnerable to climate change to identify, conserve and spread resilient crop varieties and …
News, 16 February 2015
Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page
… commitments already made in the SDGs and in the Paris Agreement on climate change   We recognise how much can be achieved through strong local … as participatory planning and budgeting, citizen-based monitoring and community-driven upgrading in informal settlements. Importantly, these …
Insight, 19 July 2016
Farmers and scientists from Ethiopia and Peru demand indigenous approach to conservation
… reduce poverty and help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change. "The declaration encourages action research and South-South … of the Communities of the Potato Park, a pioneering example of community based conservation of agricultural biodiversity. Read the full …
News, 01 October 2009
The earthquake that hit Nepal and areas of Bangladesh, India and Tibet on has had devastating consequences, with loss of life and destruction (Photo: Udayan Mishra, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED responds to Nepal earthquake
…   IIED works with civil society and government partners in Nepal on climate change, natural resource governance and urban development. A number of … from Nepal are with us at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9)  in Nairobi. Last year's conference …
News, 27 April 2015
The earthquake that hit Nepal and areas of Bangladesh, India and Tibet on has had devastating consequences, with loss of life and destruction (Photo: Udayan Mishra, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED issues statement after devastating Nepal earthquake
…   IIED works with civil society and government partners in Nepal on climate change, natural resource governance and urban development. A number of … from Nepal are with us at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9)  in Nairobi. Last year's conference …
News, 26 April 2015
Major deposit in biodiversity bank to protect future of food
… diversity on which global agriculture depends, from threats such as climate change. An association of Peruvian indigenous communities is sending its … by global climate change. “National authorities and the international community should support the Potato Park as it has a concrete impact on …
News, 22 February 2011
Women in Ahmedabad, India, collect rubbish from 6,656 households that make up the slum area of Juna Vadaj, illustrating the energy and innovation that informal economies can bring to the sustainable development agenda (Photo: Pritpal Randhawa for STEPs)
Development frontiers
… Be it at the global level, through national frameworks or community based actions , new perspectives and novel solutions are the … . Put simply, the world faces a set of 'wicked problems' such as climate change, poverty and fragility. They are 'wicked' because the solutions …
Insight, 21 March 2016